Discuss Surendranath Banerjee's contribution as a social reformer in Indian History.

When Banerjee wrote the pamphlet, A Nation in
Making, it helped set forth the fundamental principle that articulated Indian
empowerment.  I would say that this is a major contribution to the social reform
movement in Colonial India.  Banerjee was able to articulate a condition that demanded
an Indian voice be heard in its relationship with the British.  He understood that there
needed to be a fundamental change in the relationship with the British, and validating
this concern was Banerjee's primary motivation.  It is here where he gets the most
credit and the most criticism.  At the time, it was difficult to envision a "nation in
making" that did not possess Britain in it.  This was the position of the "radical"
voices of Indian politics, and these voices had nothing but disdain for thinkers like
Banerjee, whose position was that working with the British and accommodating them to
allow Indians greater flexibility was the answer for the future nation.  Banerjee's
stance here made him unpopular with the thinkers like Gandhi.  Banerjee's passion about
social reform revolved around the fundamental idea that an Indian voice in Indian
affairs was essential for progress in the future, and towards advancement to the idea of
"a nation in making."